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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America description
Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. His efforts to complete the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody, Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Edison. The activities of the sinister Dr. Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims. Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago are both revealed through Larson's skillful writing. --John Moe |
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THis book was written like a research paper. I want the plot to go somewhere,and didn't really care that this or that train car origionated here or there or was used for some other purpose. I didn't care what it took from Lawyers, Bankers, Planners to get the worlds fair off the ground. I wanted to know about the serial killer and in the end read every other chapter so I could keep up with that... giving up on all the other INFORMATION stuffed between the pages. If I had wanted a research paper to read I could have found one... without being secretly wrapped in the pages of a NOVEL.
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